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by skyberrys 19 days ago
Is Gareth the cat in the picture at the top? Is the cat writing the blog post? I agree with the sentiment of the article but it doesn't have a solution. Everyone has to hustle to make it work.
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Hey, this gave me pause:

<meta name="description" content="AI Generated. Black cat laptop on kitchen table. Window with view of misty Welsh mountains and Blodwyn the sheep in the background

So.. AI generated cat? Blodwyn also, or is (s)he a real sheep? But then I stumbled onto this page:

https://grumpywelshman.com/ancient-welsh-hydration-protocolt...

Compare the pics. Same-looking window, same view, different table/kitchen.

So I'd guess the 'sheep' is just a small element of AI-generated pic. With that element looking like a sheep. But why would it be called Blodwyn then? Did it ever exist as a real sheep? Did author know a sheep called Blodwyn @ some point? Was there a real sheep named Blodwyn whose photo wound up in AI model's training data?

There's a mystery unfolding right there lol...

("About" page has some clues though)